Cloud Architect

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About the Role

The Cloud Architect is responsible for defining and governing enterprise cloud architecture, standards, and best practices with a primary focus on AWS. This role provides technical leadership across cloud platforms, helping design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions while supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments where business requirements dictate. The Cloud Architect partners with infrastructure, cybersecurity, application development, and business stakeholders to develop cloud strategies, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Ability to lead and motivate technical team members
• Develop cloud strategies, reference architectures, governance standards, and technology roadmaps across AWS and other cloud platforms, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments
• Evaluate and recommend AWS, Azure, GCP, and third-party cloud services based on business, security, operational, and financial requirements
• Design cloud solutions that support interoperability across multiple cloud providers when appropriate
• Influence and drive cloud-related capabilities, solutions, and opportunities in coordination with engineering operations and application development teams
• Translate business and technology requirements into architected technical solutions using cloud or internal technology offerings as appropriate
• Design and govern AWS Landing Zones, account structures, networking architecture, security controls, and operational standards using AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Migrate complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
• Implement DevOps practices such as IaC (infrastructure as code), continuous integration, and automated deployment
• Develop cloud cost optimization strategies and governance processes leveraging AWS Cost Explorer, budgeting tools, and FinOps best practices
• Continuously review existing tech stack and suggest improvements and upgrades

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience with architecting solutions on the AWS platform
• Experience with Azure, GCP, or other public cloud platforms strongly preferred
• Experience supporting hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments is highly desirable
• Proven experience as an AWS Cloud Architect / Engineer or similar role
• Deep understanding of cloud computing and AWS products and services
• Experience in designing and deploying architecture on the AWS platform
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation technologies including Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, or equivalent CI/CD platforms
• Experience with full Microsoft stack including AD, DHCP, DNS, DFS Namespace, Windows Servers
• Experience with Linux servers a plus
• Good understanding of networking solutions including Load Balancer, WAF, GSLB
• SD-WAN experience a plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution preferred, or equivalent experience
• AWS IT certifications a plus

Travel Requirements

Minimal travel, as needed (up to 10% of the time).